Councilman Joe Lyons said that the issue was "complicated" but that he would "applaud the effort by staff. I'll vote in favor of the proposal."

Loretta Mustafa, a senior engineer, said the objective was to "remove the parking from adjacent public streets, to improve pedestrian and vehicular safety, to provide sufficient parking for park users in off-street lots and to reduce the impacts that park users have on adjacent neighborhoods."

On March 22, the park opened with an expanded metered parking lot and had meters installed in the south parking lot, known as the Thompson Creek Trail lot. The council agreed to remove parking on Mt. Baldy Road from Mills Avenue to Via Padova and on Mills from Mt. Baldy to Pomello Drive.

There had been a "substantial change" in parking habits since the removal, and cars were not in the affected areas, Mustafa said Tuesday.

Residents in the affected neighborhoods were in favor of the restricted parking because of the traffic.

"My walks have gone from peacefulness to anxiety and concern," said Cristy Kidwell, who lives on Alamosa Drive. "Mornings can be chaos on Pomello. There is no regard that this is a residential neighborhood," adding that a study last year found that the park drew 300,000 visitors.

As part of the recommendation, city officials can appropriate up to $6,000 to buy and install signs marking the permit-parking zones.

The city can also use $54,620 in revenues from the citations, parking meters and permits for additional work on the parking project.

The council and the traffic and transportation commission will review the impacts of the permit zone after a year.

"This is a very complex issue," said Councilman Corey Calaycay. "In all fairness, we're having to look at this from so many angles. It's not an overnight fix."

The permit zones are: Pomello Drive west from Mills Avenue to the end of the road; Dillard Avenue; St. Gregory Street; Pennsylvania Place; Mills Avenue from Pomello to Alamosa; Brigham Young Drive from Mills to the easterly end of the cul-de-sac; Independence Drive; Alamosa from Mills to Bonnie Brae Avenue; Elmira Avenue north of Pomello; and Vincennes Court, north of Pomello.

Council members also voted to include the sections of Alamosa and Pomello east of Mills without going through a commission process.